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Thursday's headlines, Financials edition

Draghi Stares at Trade War Abyss as ECB Ponders Stimulus Outlook Bloomberg News
ECB raises no objection to de Guindos as next VP Reuters
ECB says no objections to appointment of Spain's Guindos as VP Financial Times
Taking a baby step at best, ECB to inch towards the exit Reuters
Weber warns Europe against fragmentation of liquidity Börsen-Zeitung
EU Draft Throws Down Gauntlet to May to Soften Brexit Plan Bloomberg News
EU Rejects U.K. Trade Demands and Says Brexit Means Losing Out Bloomberg News
EU snubs Britain's post-Brexit trade demands, offers banks no special deal Reuters
Tusk delivers blow to May's ambitions for Brexit accord Financial Times
EU offer to Britain of future trade deal pretty ambitious - senior EU official Reuters
EU markets regulator finally releases long-delayed list of stocks affected by Mifid II dark pool volume cap City A.M.
EU regulator rolls out trading caps for bulk of stock market Reuters
MiFID Dark-Pool Caps Curb Trading in Hundreds of Stocks Bloomberg News
Hundreds of European stocks barred from dark pools Financial Times
Use bank profits to write off more debt, says EU Irish Independent

UK AND IRELAND

Banks line up behind British government in EU trade battle Reuters
Philip Hammond warns EU will hurt itself if it punishes the City Financial Times
UK's Hammond says Brexit transition deal must be useable for businesses Reuters
UK's Hammond says has not ruled out equivalence in financial services after Brexit Reuters
Britain says financial services must be in Brexit deal after EU rejects plan Reuters
UK's Hammond: trade deal with EU will only happen if it is fair Reuters
UK's Hammond: undermining London finance hub after Brexit not a zero sum game Reuters
Exclusive: Five banks open up trillion dollar gold club Reuters
Government owes £5.3trn in pensions - ONS Sky News
Banks battle to contain scandal over gender pay The Times
Insurance will 'disgrace itself' on gender pay gap: Hearn The Insurance Insider
Insurers urge financial services inclusion in trade talks The Insurance Insider
ECB critical of FF-sponsored mortgage arrears Bill The Irish Times
INBS did not have enough staff in credit risk, inquiry told The Irish Times

Atom Bank
BBVA will invest about 96 million to raise its stake in the British mobile bank Atom to 39% Europa Press
Atom Bank raises $206 million as major backers raise their stakes Reuters
BRIEF-BBVA To Increase Its Stake In UK Digital Bank Atom To 39 Pct Reuters

Bank of Ireland Group
BoI blames 'technical glitch' as cash vanishes from customer accounts Irish Independent
Bank of Ireland raises €750m from sale of mortgage-backed debt The Irish Times

Esure Group
Esure broadened risk appetite to spur motor growth, says Ogden Post
UK insurer esure's full-year pretax profit rises 35.6 pct Reuters

HSBC Holdings
HSBC Plans to More Than Double Staff at China Securities Venture Bloomberg News

Legal & General Group
Legal & General CEO pay drops by a third to 3.5 mln stg Reuters
Legal & General's long-term assets sweet spot Financial Times
BRIEF-Legal & General has mean gender pay gap of 30.5 pct-annual report Reuters

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds TSB 'bent own auditor rules' The Times

Pool Re
Pool Re investigates use of UK ILS structure for terror retrocession Artemis

Prudential Plc
Prudential's Malaysia unit in stake sale talks with pension fund as regulatory deadline looms Reuters

Standard Chartered
StanChart reaches provisional agreement to sell Real Estate unit to Actis Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Goldman Sachs starts to transfer some senior bankers to Frankfurt due to Brexit Reuters
Bankers are heading to Frankfurt The Times
Sparkassen defy the burdening interest rate environment Börsen-Zeitung
German savings banks' net profit eclipses that of large peers Reuters
Swiss Banking Regulator Under Fire finews.com
How Finma defends the requirements for insurers Finanz und Wirtschaft

Allianz Group
Light and shadow at Allianz Suisse finews.ch

Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank
The Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank discovers bancassurance finews.ch

Canopius
Canopius appoints new CEO, CUO for Lloyd's managing agency Intelligent Insurer

Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse to issue first Green bond IFR

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
BRIEF-Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Guides For 2018 Pretax Profit Of 150-170 Mln EUR Reuters

Julius Bär Gruppe
BRIEF-Julius Baer, Siam Commercial Bank start wealth management joint venture Reuters

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
Affair Vincenz: Raiffeisen president is facing retirement
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UBS Group
UBS pension fund with new investment director from Credit Suisse finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Belgian banks invest 16 billion in nuclear weapons De Standaard

ABN Amro Group
ABN uses software Wolters Kluwer and SAS De Telegraaf

Crédit Mutuel Group
Crédit Mutuel affirms its 'solidity' Le Figaro
Crédit Mutuel: the conflict between Arkéa and the Confederation eclipses the good results Les Echos

Euler Hermes Group
Anti-Basel policy by Euler MF

ING Groep
ING increases remuneration topman Hamers by 50% Het Financieele Dagblad
ING and Aegon in nuclear weapons De Telegraaf

Natixis
Natixis AM is targeted by a group action L'Agefi
Natixis enters the capital of Clipperton, the M & A specialist in tech Les Echos
CEO of Natixis: 'Porto was great opportunity to internalize skills' Jornal de Negócios
Natixis wants to hire 200 more people this year in Porto Jornal de Negócios

Orange Bank
Orange Bank launches virtual adviser L'Agefi

Robeco
Robeco extinguishes the investment of cigarettes De Telegraaf
Robeco to exclude tobacco investments from mutual funds Reuters

Scor
Scor inaugurates a new type of Solvency 2 debt L'Agefi
SCOR places $625mn deeply subordinated Tier 1 issuance Reinsurance News

Union Financière de France Banque
BRIEF-Union Financiere De France Banque Appoints ?Julien Brami As New CEO? Reuters

Vivat
Dutch insurer Vivat reports profit rise, looking for acquisitions Reuters

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Spain appoints EIB’s Romano Escolano as economy minister Financial Times
Spain names EIB's Roman Escolano as new economy minister Reuters
Román Escolano, new Minister of Economy to replace Guindos El Pais
Román Escolano: the challenge of creating only large banks or defending medium-sized entities Cinco Días
The CNMV warns about 19 investment websites in cryptocurrencies for possible fraud Europa Press
Spain Picks Euro Enthusiast to Help Push for Tighter Integration Bloomberg News

Banco de Sabadell
Sabadell receives 3,200 million FGD by the CAM Expansión

Banco Popular Español
BBVA would have been 'interested' in Popular if it had had enough information on the afternoon of its resolution Europa Press
Santander and Popular expect to attract 100,000 new customers with an Account 123 aimed at self-employed Europa Press

Bankia
Bankia and Credit Agricole agree to negotiate exclusively to associate in consumer credit Europa Press
BRIEF-Credit Agricole and Bankia in talks over consumer finance JV in Spain? Reuters

Novo Banco
Novo Banco granted interest rates on deposits above those authorized by Brussels Expresso
Brussels sweeps risk management of credit from BES to the current Novo Banco Jornal Económico

ITALY AND GREECE

European Commission says Italian economy one of EU's most at risk Reuters
Italy's Target 2 liabilities hit new record high in February Reuters

Azimut Holding
BRIEF-Azimut Total Net Inflows In Feb. At EUR 391 Mln Reuters

Banca Generali
Banca Generali, a 1 billion two-month period MF
BRIEF-Banca Generali Total Net Inflows In Feb. At EUR 555 Mln Reuters

Banca Mediolanum
Banca Mediolanum, in two months collected 628 million
MF
BRIEF-Banca Mediolanum Total Net Inflows In Feb. At EUR 461 Mln Reuters

Banco di Sardegna
BRIEF-Banco di Sardegna Proposes Dividend Of 4 Eurocents Per Ordinary Share Reuters

Credito Emiliano
Credem, 250 assumptions by 2018 MF

Credito Valtellinese
Creval, the funds reserve 150 mln MF

Mediobanca
Mediobanca completes the acquisition of the Swiss company Ram MF
Mediobanca grows in wealth management MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Banks Reject Fears That Sweden May Run Out of Cash Bloomberg News
BRIEF-Norway's Sparebanken Telemark to consider Oslo IPO Reuters

Danske Bank
Finanstilsynet investigates money laundering in Danske Bank Berlingske Business

Industriens Pensionsforsikring
Industriens Pension secured investment return of 12.2 billion. DKK 2017 Berlingske Business

Pareto Bank
BRIEF-Pareto Bank Intends To Buy Treasury Shares For NOK 8.2 Million Reuters

EASTERN EUROPE

UPDATE 2-Turkey's central bank holds rates, weighing inflation, politics Reuters
Polish c.bank trims inflation forecasts for 2018, 2019 Reuters

Alior Bank
Alior launched Bancovo Parkiet

Russian Bank for Small and Medium Enterprises Support
Another state-owned bank received the right to attract private deposits Vedomosti

Sberbank of Russia
VTB secured the termination of the FIU contract with Sberbank to pay pensions abroad Vedomosti
Sberbank compensated for half of the January outflow of money from the population Vedomosti
Sberbank increased its net profit in February by 37% Vedomosti
Sberbank's wealthy customers have found a substitute for deposits Vedomosti

Sovcombank
Sovcombank places subordinated bonds for $ 250 million Vedomosti

The Daily Dose Europe "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major European publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. London time. Some external links may require a subscription. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.